Newspaper reading among young people by demographic UK 2015

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This statistic illustrates the proportion of young people reading newspapers the United Kingdom in 2015, by demographic group. Boys were more likely to read newspapers than girls, and among school children aged 16 to 18 years, 46.6 percent reported reading newspapers at least once a month.

Share of young people reading newspapers outside school in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015, by demographic group

Demographic group	Share of respondents
Boys	27%
Girls	24.9%
KS2	25.7%
KS3	25%
KS4	26.9%
KS5	46.6%
White	25.3%
Mixed	29.1%
Asian	30.2%
Black	31.7%

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Release date

May 2016

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

November to December 2015

Number of respondents

32,569*

Age group

8-18 years

Special properties

school children; read at least once a month

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* All (n= 32,569); Boys (n= 15,414); Girls (n= 16,746); KS2 (n= 7,097); KS3 (n= 20,512); KS4 (n= 4,163); KS5 (n= 695); White (n= 20,614); Mixed (n= 1,642); Asian (= 3,558); Black (= 1,208).
Due to rounding, the data in the tables do not necessarily add up to 100 percent.

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